logging
How to enable Logging for blocked access tries in SquidGuard
It may be of interest who is accessing blocked sites. To track that down you can add a log directive to your src or dest definitions in your squidGuard.conf. If only a file name is given, the file is search in the directory specified in the logdir directive. Logging blocked access tries dest porn { [...]
Websense Reports do not reflect the local time zones of multiple Filtering Services located around the world
Each Log Server converts the data received from Filtering Service to the local time zone setting of the machine where Log Server is installed. For example, suppose a Log Server is installed on a machine in the Central European Time zone. Suppose that it is receiving data from Filtering Service machines or Integrations located in the United [...]
How to configure logging in Cisco IOS
Cisco IOS System Message Logging is enabled by default in order to send logging messages to the console. These messages can be directed to logging buffers, terminal lines or a UNIX syslog server, depending on the configuration. Issue the logging on command in order to enable logging. Logging is enabled by default on Cisco routers. Issue [...]
How to Use TestLogServer with Websense Express
TestLogServer is a command-line utility that displays log traffic sent to Websense Log Server. TestLogServer listens on port 55805, which is the same port used by Websense Log Server. Here is an example of traffic displyed by the TestLogServer: time=Fri Jul 30 09:15:41 2004 version=3 server=10.1.1.1 source=127.0.0.1 dest=199.181.132.250 protocol= “http” url= “http://espn.com/” port= “80″ category= [...]
Why isn’t Websense Log Server writing data to the Microsoft SQL Server database?
The most frequent reason that Log Server is unable to write data is that the Microsoft SQL Server database has run out of allocated disk space. This can occur even when the database is set to grow automatically. The problem occurs when Log Server tries to write to the database before Microsoft SQL Server increases [...]
Can Log Server receive data from multiple Filtering Services – Websense
Log Server does not differentiate where a request is coming from, so it will successfully log all requests it receives regardless of source. However, all Log Server data goes into one Log Database. Therefore, note that your Websense installation must be configured as follows: One Log Server per Policy Server One Log Server per Log [...]
How to Configure Websense Enterprise to log bytes received information sent by NetCache
By default, Websense Enterprise 6.1.1 does not log bytes received information sent by NetCache. To configure Websense to log the bytes received, edit the Websense netcache.conf file as follows: Use the NetCache Manager utility to disable the ICAP Service Farm on each NetCache machine: Select ICAP in the left pane. Select ICAP 1.0. Open the General tab. Uncheck Enable ICAP Version 1.0 in the [...]
How to Upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server from MSDE – Websense
The Websense service that sends data to MSDE needs to be stopped during the upgrade process. After the upgrade, re-establish the ODBC connection between the Log Server and SQL. As no Internet access information will be logged during the upgrade process, it is suggested to perform the upgrade during a quiet period as to minimize [...]
How to Run Remote Commands with SSH
The ssh program can  be used for monitoring remote hots. The system admin can also execute commands from his desktop which can be executed at remote servers. This is a cool facility of ssh. We can do much more on SSH. root@admin:~ # ssh root@www ‘df -h’ Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/ubda 3.5G 2.1G [...]
How to Optimize Your Hard Drive and Registry with CCleaner
There are plenty of system optimizers and registry cleaners out there, but today I will tell you about a great free one called CCleaner. It is very simple to use and can drastically increase your computers performance. CCleaner can delete all unnecessary temporary files from most browsers including IE, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera as [...]
How to Monitor MySQL’s performance
Here are some ideas, how you can monitor the database performance of your MySQL installation. Monitoring is always an iterative and continuous process. You need to learn what patterns are OK for your database and what are the signs of slight problems or even dangerous situations. Below are the main items you can use to [...]
How to configure Ports and Protocols in IPtables
This allows full access through our firewall to certain trusted sources (host PCs). Now we’ll look at how we can filter against protocols and ports to further refine what incoming packets we allow and what we block. Before we can begin, we need to know what protocol and port number a given service uses. For [...]
Database Replication in MySQL – Step by Step Guide
Replication enables data from one MySQL database server (called the master) to be replicated to one or more MySQL database servers (slaves). Replication is asynchronous – your replication slaves do not need to be connected permanently to receive updates from the master, which means that updates can occur over long-distance connections and even temporary solutions [...]